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Sometimes there wasn't sound? Hmm, could you show me where? The one time I did notice that there was no sound, it was because someone shoved the mixer and pushed the commentary volume down to zero. Was there another time where there was no game sound either? In our testing, that only came up if the PS3 was configured improperly. Also, yes, it's definitely hard to keep track of so much going on at once for commentary, but we did the best we could with the people who weren't playing - I spent a month and a half building the setup instead of working on my own game :/

FYI, all of the Super NCI videos are now up at FinestKO's YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/finestkoproductions). Let me know if there's anything I can do better in the future with recording - this was the first live run of the system, and any advice on what I can do to improve will be appreciated!

Several posts have already noted how much they enjoyed the event. I enjoyed the event too. This is not about a group of people chanting "Chun screwed up." This is about "SNCI could be better, and this is how I think it could be."

Communication before the event is key, and there is clearly an ENORMOUS gap here. The name-calling needs to stop right now, from both sides. As qwerty said, the key is in communicating the schedule and sticking to it. Sign-ups end at noon? Then end sign-ups at noon and make the brackets, regardless of who's shown up or hasn't shown up. Post the schedule in advance. Post it where everyone can and will see it (think of the other large FG tourneys and how many places they post their schedule, not just on their own sites or Facebook pages), and then stick to it regardless of what you have to do to make it work. Additional edit: How many people do you think get paid for other fighting game tournaments? Not more than two or three people per tourney usually (organizer, venue, some kind of vendor). They're built on a trustworthy group of volunteers - volunteers who know how to act professionally and decisively when they need to. Now that you know you need this volunteer structure... build one. There are plenty of people who want to make NCI the best event possible and either have offered or will offer to help.

Starting on time is a definite yes. We need more organization between bracket organizers - multiple people having matches in different games holding up brackets is always going to be a problem, but just plain giving each tournament organizer a solid schedule more than two days in advance is huge for letting people know what they need to do to start on time and stay on time.

Update on the stream setup: We now have a box that can show two PS3 feeds at once and switch between them freely. Next step is getting the sound worked out so it's not audio chaos, but by next NCI our stream rig will be fully ready to handle and show two separate screens of Gundamming! :D

Dammit Tari, stop trolling my day 1 Zeta :P

Yeah, pretty much this. It's about 1.5 seconds of lag before it properly switches.

The single wiring thing will be fine because he's consolidating the Next cabs into the HD cabs with Extreme Vs. in there, which should help. Still, lots to talk through!

Myung and I have been talking about this for a while trying to figure out how we can make the game more accessible to spectators. Even if we have two stream setups, that can end up diluting the experience because the commentary becomes two people shouting over each other and you still don't see very much. What we want is a centralized video feed, which can switch between the two video feeds as necessary, but the technology to do this quickly and easily on one box might be beyond the budget we have. It would be perfect for the commentators, perfect for the stream, but very difficult to do. That said... I really really want to have this available by next NCI.